Potatoes grow well on Anhad’s farm which has soil with a pH of 5.5.

1.	Potatoes grow well on Anhad’s farm which has soil with a pH of 5.5. Anhad decides to add lot of lime to soil so that he can grow broccoli in the same farm :(a) Do potatoes grow better in acidic or alkaline soil ?(b) Does broccoli grow better in acidic or alkaline soil ?
Answer» (a) Potatoes grow better in acidic soil having pH = 5.5 (b) Broccoli grows better in a lkaline soil since adding a lot of lime to acidic soil will make it basic in nature.

Potatoes grow well on Anhad’s farm which has soil with a pH of 5.5. Anhad decides to add lot of lime to soil so that he can grow broccoli in the same farm :(a) Do potatoes grow better in acidic or alkaline soil ?(b) Does broccoli grow better in acidic or alkaline soil ?

Answer»

(a) Potatoes grow better in acidic soil having pH = 5.5

(b) Broccoli grows better in a lkaline soil since adding a lot of lime to acidic soil will make it basic in nature.